Re: Aragonese, Catalan & Provencal -- long

Adam Walker wrote:


> First, any comments on this historical tid bit are
> welcome.  In my continuing quest for the historical
> and linguistic knowledge needed for my Carrajena
> project I have been reading up on al-Andalus and the
> Reconquista these past few days.
I'll assume you've already consulted Elcock, and Entwistle-- and I think
there's a more recent book on the Romance Langs. or maybe just the Iberian
branch, in the Cambridge series.  Other than that, how's your Spanish? You
might ask on Ideolengua and/or visit their Yahoogroups archive-- threads on
Catalan et al. pop up occasionally, including recently.  For ex., I just
learned that the Balearics were once under Moorish sway; when they were
reconquista'd, lots of people were killed, and new settlers were brought in
from S.France-- Roussillion was mentioned in particular.  The Balearics also
preserve the def.arts. derived from ipse/ipsa, which would be a nice twist.

I don't recall any specific Idealengua discussion of Aragonés, but surely
someone there would know....